Elna

Where Elna comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Elna.

  • Vowel-ended
Elna through the years
  1. 1869
    Elna Borch born
    Danish sculptor
  2. 1883
    First appearance
    #920 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1917
    Peak, #502
    173 babies named Elna, the most in any year.
  4. 1932
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #731.
  5. 1968
    Elna Reinach born
    South African tennis player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Elna Reinach · South African tennis player, born 1968
  • Elna Borch · Danish sculptor, 1869–1950
  • Elna Kiljander · Finnish architect and interior designer, 1889–1970
  • Elna Munch · Danish feminist, 1871–1945
  • Elna Henrikson · Swedish figure skater, born 1900

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.